Ingredients

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Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with either parchment paper or silicone baking mats.

In a large bowl mix the peanut butter with the 1 cup of sugar, using a wooden spoon. Stir until well blended. Add the egg, baking powder, and vanilla and stir well. Pour some additional sugar in a small bowl. Scoop out 1 tablespoon of the dough and roll it into a ball. Roll the dough ball in some of the remaining sugar and place on the prepared baking sheets. Repeat with the remaining dough, spacing the cookies 2 inches apart.

Using a dinner fork, first stick the tines of the fork in sugar and then gently press the tines down on each dough ball to flatten. Turn the fork 90 degrees and gently press again to make the traditional crosshatch markings of a peanut butter cookie.

Bake the cookies for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes. Then, with a spatula, gently transfer the cookies to a wire rack to finish cooling.

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Recent Reviews

I am a 10 year old girl (daughter of cpsberk) and I made these cookies for my family. I only put in a half cup of sugar because other reviews said they were too sweet. They were incredibly good. My dad ate four in about 5 minutes. They were really easy to make. I had no help. I recommend you make these cookies.

cpsberk from Acton, MA /

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I found these easy and I like it has few ingredients, but too sweet and too big - I will try with less sugar and smaller next time.

dwbennett from New York, NY /

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Too Sweet! Would also have made them much smaller. Mine stuck to the wax paper. Would not use this recipe again.

Scrawnch from Naperville, IL /

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Great and easy cookies! I put 1/4 cup instead of a full cup of sugar, which turned out perfectly. Planning to make them again.

TheSisterChefs123 /

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Ick. Way too sweet and just missing...something. Can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe salt? The problem there could very well be the peanut butter I used (all natural, with no added ingredients) but I can't imagine how much sweeter these cookies would be with a sugary, processed brand. Two forks only because they are edible and very easy to make.